Bahawalpur State Forces
Bahawalpur is a Musalman state lying to the south-west of the Punjab with an area of 15,000 square miles and a population of about one million. The Nawab of Bahawalpur maintains as Indian States Forces one troop of Bodyguard Lancers and one-and-a-half battalions of Infantry. The Major shown in Full Dress in our picture belongs to the 1st Bahawalpur Infantry (Sadiq Battalion). The Bahawalpur troops have more than once been loaned for Imperial purposes, and in the Great War the Sadiq Battalion served in Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as on the North-West Frontier of India. The Sadiq Oarh Palace is shown in the background.

Sikh troops go to war in China, an engraving from 1864"Officers of the 9th Bengal Cavalry, 1864"Officers of the 21st Punjab Infantry Regiment, an albumen print, 1866British and Indian officers of the 6th Prince of Wales Bengal Lancers in Cairo, 1885